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Sphinga prehensilis (C.Wright)Barneby & J.W.Grimes

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HIGHER TAXON: Ingeae

GENUS: Sphinga Barneby & J.W.Grimes

Sphinga prehensilis (C.Wright)Barneby & J.W.Grimes [Preferred name]
    Calliandra prehensilis C.Wright {Synonym}
    Feuilleea prehensilis (C.Wright)Kuntze {Synonym}
    Havardia prehensilis (Sauvalle)Britton & Rose {Synonym}
    Pithecellobium prehensile (Sauvalle)Benth. {Synonym}
    Pithecolobium prehensile (Sauvalle)Benth. {Orthographic variant}

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION:
  Caribbean
Caribbean-TRP (U) [1409]; Cuba (N) [2986]

LITERATURE POINTERS:
  Description [2986] ; Distribution Map [2986] ; Illustration [2986]

DESCRIPTORS:
  Climbing: Not climbing ; Further editing: 2001-05 Bisby FA & Roskov YR ; Habit: Shrub ; Lifespan: Perennial ; Scrutinised globally by taxonomic co-ordinator: 1994 Nielsen IC & Rico ML, 2001-05 Barneby RC & Grimes JW (Monograph 1996/97) ; Source(s): 1988 (Americas) Zarucchi JL, 1999 (Missing Genera) Brandt SM & Heald J

  
BIBLIOGRAPHY:

1409.

  Leon, H. & Alain, H., 1951
    Flora de Cuba 2:224-367 Leguminosas

2986.

  Barneby, R.C. & Grimes, J.W., 1996
    Mem.N.Y.Bot.Gard.74(1)Silk Tree,Guanacaste,Monkey's Earring
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